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Ie 1 . 1"BLISIIED EVEIZT R EDNESVAT MORNiN
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. C.:ounly, Pa
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11"E.L CII & Mr.LVERS
FRIENDSV ulackemObs and Jobbere.Home
shoeine a specially in the hu.,ineee Wroroor and
Sleighs ironed and work warranted. Or Ltebte , core
u - acted meet he race-lied hr the firm. and neither
member per-onally.
FrienderiLle. Jan. 1:1.
B URNS & IVICHOLS
4,1t5 In Drugs, Medicines. Chemicals. Dye
~p
Liquors, SpicesTancy
.r.rles Patent ‘tedicines.Perfumeryand ToiletAr
e,e, .jr Pre.r rlption carofully compounded.—
Brick Block Montrose. Pa
1.13. BURN.
ce{f. 21. 1,:r2
E. F. ItINEs. D.
Geadnate of the t - nteeridty of 31 tchiaan, Ann Arbor,
146 a, and alio, of .lidieftion Nitidttal College of Philo
delptua. 1 , 74. hat retorted to Friendeotilleo, where he
aiteee ❑o all Calle ia hie profession ab mote.—
Residence sit Jeorie Firtford'r honac. Office the &UDC
as heretofore
Ftlentheille, Pa., April 29th.• 11.74.-6 e,
EDG A h A. TUBE:ELL
::OrITEISLI.OII ♦T LAS .
No. In Broadway. Nvo York Cll3
Attends to all kinds of Attorucy Business. end con.
ducts causes in all the Courts of both the Stale and the
United States.
Feb 11, 1874 -'y
DR. h . 111 E1117:11
Danner. Rooms at his dwelling, next door north of Dr
Halley's. on Old Foundry street, where he would he
happy to see all those in want of Dental Ot (Irk. lie
feel. confident that he can plea', all, both in quality of
work and to price. Office hours from il a U. to 4 P. at
ontrose, ?eh. 11,1074—a
inn•? Bern, PA. Situated near the Eric Railway De
pot. h a large ao commodious house, has undergone
thorough repair. Newly furniebed roome and rdeep
ingapartmenta.apleodid tables,andallthing, emnprie
tng adi at data hotel, /LEN RI di c k HRT,
5ept.10th.21373.-if, Proprietor.
B. T. d E. 11. CASE,
HARNESS-31A6BitS. Oak Harnese.light and heavy,
at lowest cash price, Ales, Blankets.Breasrt. Blatt
k eta. and everitltlng, pertaining to the line.
cheaper than the cheapest. Repairing dour prompt
ly and In good style.
2dontrose.Ps:. Oct. 91+. isr.
. TR& .PIPu.P4E - S ILA BEET.
flin-Lar HEN. Proprietor.
Presb and Salted Meats, Hams, Pork, Boloptt San
ssge, etc., of the best quality, constantly on hand at
prices to snit.
al entente, Pa,, dern.14.1471.-ls
~ BILUNOSS2I?Ocp
• Las - ' AGENT. le
basinees attended to promptly, on far term.: Utilc.
rst door east of the bank. of %Fp: 11. th3operk Co
PnhdnAvenue,Dtpntroae, Pa. . Ding 1,1869.
•uly IEtVI.I, . lIILLEsof.JTIIJITD.
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CIThRLEi MORRIS}
"I' Mt MATTI Bait.BEß, bas moved 'eMei, to the
aniklintroctuptedbp E.,Atelienato Cororboro be le
prepared to do all kinds wort k iine,'SOehas ma
king switches, Vafra, etc. All work done on short
notice and prime low. Please call and gee me.
TITTLES d BLAKESLEE -
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, have removed to their New
Office oppoette the Tarbeli Hoene. •
B. B. LITTLE,
Moutrooo,Oct. 13,1873.
Ir. B. DE43'S
DEALER in Books Ctationery Paper, Near], Fa
perm, PoCket. Cutlery, Sterconcovic Viewa, Yankee
Notions, etc. Next door to the Po!t Office. Montrone.
Pa. . B. DEANS.
uept. $O. 1.67. L
110 TEL.
51 RAP.H.LNGTON wisncr to Inform thepnbli c the
haring rented the Erchalq,,. llotel to Moniruee, he
f e now prepared to accommodate the [myth napubl:t
tu„firet,..latie et
Mobtroee, Aug 2%, l.it.
11. BL:11111.771
Sealer ori Staple and Fancy Drs Goods, Crockery. Bard
. W.e. Iron. Stoves. Drugs. OSIs. and Paints. Bouts
end Shoes, {late and Caps. Far, Buffalo Robes. Gro
ceries. Provisions. Sc.
New-31111prd.! a.. Nov. 6, '73---tf.
Dll. L. A. LATHROP.
Adminieterx ELECTILO TILLL:I4.I. VATIIS. .41‘. Fool PI
Cheetnut street. Vali and consul in 0.1 Chronic
93aeasee.
tiontrooe, inn. 17. '72..—no3—a.
lilt S. W. DA 1.71)..\",
TSICIAIC ds SURGEON, lenders his services
the citizens of Great Beud and vicinity. Office at nie
res 'deuce. opratte Barnum Bona°, CM Bend village.
Sept. Ist, tf
LEIF'S K,VOLL,
eIIAVING AND RAIR DRESSING.
Buoy fn new o
a Postal:lee building,
want anything
In
We 110, d r oan . hiontrore Pa. Oct. it 1869.
crjABLES 1 STODDARD,
, An d s hoe ,. Ila t t and Caps. Leatherann
Dealt rin Boot,
, Findings, A O Street. Ist door below Boyd's Store.
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Work made to o , , Mer, and repairing done neatly.
Moutrose Jan. I 167°.
DR W. RICHARDSON',
THYSICIAN EON, tenders hie professloni
eervicer In the chine:Ca o(3ton:rose and vicinity.—
OtHee nt Itterusiderte, the eornereast of Sayre 4t
Bros. Foundry
—An: 1.
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SCOVILL & _9E;3I7'T.
Attorney* at Law andSoliritore Itt Bankruptcy. <tar e
Nu. 9 9 Court Strett.over City Nut iruati Bunk. lug -
Immton . N.Y. Ft . So.:ov MI,
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June la
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ABEL TURRELL.
Denier In Drugs Medicine, Chemicals. Palate, Dike,
Dye.etuffis, Team, Spiceo, Fancy Good!, Jewelry, Per
laraery 6-. t., Brick Block, Mantr"te, Pa. Eatablialaed
1848. tJan. I_lB.
L. F FITCH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNMEI.LOR-ATLAW, Mont
rone, Pn. Office west of the Court Ronne.
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Montrose. January 27. 1875.-411
A. 0. WARREN,
A TTORNE A . LAW, Bounty, Back Pay , Pension
end Exetno Claw _attended to. Ant ue Or,
~00r below Boyd's Store, Ittontrore.Pa. [Au. 1.'69
W. A. citasSMON,
Attorney at Law, Office at the Court Itottse,
to
Commtattoner's Oftine. W..A.Cuosaxou.
Montrose., Sent. . 1811.—a.
J. C. YCLIZATON.
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P. O. addrega.Franklio Fork.
tinaquebanna Co., Pa
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M. C. BUTTON,•
AUCTIONEER,and fastraiacx Aotk;r,
sta Ott Friendavllle. Pa.
P. AR:Eit
ATTORNEY Al' LAW, office over the Store of lat.
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County Business Directory
Two Iknea In this Directory, one year, V. 50; each ad
.• dirk:mai line, 50 cents.
MONTROSE
WM. HAUGHWOUT, Slater, Wholesale and ltetal•
dealer In all kinds of elate roofing, slate paint, etc.
Roofs repaired with elate paint to order. Also, slate
paint for sale by the gallon or barrel. Montrose, Pa.
BILLINGS STROUD. Genera Fire and Life fusty
once Agents ; als o, sell Railrolo and Accident Vat t
to New York and Philadelphia. Office one door east
o f the Bank.
BURNS & NICHOLS, the place to getDragsand Medi
eines, Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Pocket-Books. Specta
rice Yankee Notions. &c. Brick Block.
BOYD & CORWIN, Dealers la Stoves, Rardware
and Manufacturers of Tin and Sheetiron ware.corne ,
of Main and Turnpike street.
A. N. BULLARD, Dealer in Groceries, Provisions
Books. Statione and Yankee Notions, at head of
Public Avenue.*
WM. H. COOPER & CO.. Bankers, sell Foreign Pas
sage Tickets and Drafts on England, Ireland and Scot,
land.'
WM. L. COX, Harness tanker and dealer in all article
usually kept by the trade, opposite the Bank. •
JAMES E. CAR3IALT, Attorney at Law. Office one
door below Tarbell House, Public Avenue. •
NEW MILFORD.
L. 1.. LeROY, Dealer In all kinas of farming imple
menu, mowing machines, we'll curbs. dog power',
etc., etc.. Main St., opposite Savings Bank. [thli•
SAVINGS BANK, NEW MILFORD.—Six per cent. SC
tercet on all Deposits. Doer a general Banking Bur
netts. eli-ti S. B. CHASE CO.
. GARRET SON. Dealers in Flour. Feed. Men
Salt, Lime, Cement, Groceries and Prov'stcns
Main Street, opposite the Depot.
A INEY S IIAYDEN, Dealers in Drugs and Medicines
and Manufacturers of Cigars, on Main Street, near
•he Depot.
N. F. EMBER, Carnage Maker and Undertaker
Main Street, two doors below Ilawley's Store.
CAYUGA PLASTER—NICHOLAS SEIOEMAKER,dea
cr in genuine Cayuga Plaster. Freak ground
McCOLLUM BROTIIERS. Dealers in Groceries and
Provisions, on Main Strcet.•
J. DICEERMAN. Jo., Dealer in general merchandise
and Clothing, Brick Store. on Main Street.
GREAT BEND.
R. I'. DORAN. Merchant Tailor and dealer In Readl
Made Clothing, Dry Goods,Groceriesand Provisions
Main Street..
A NOS NIOHOI.II
CRINTOR SHINS 0111,
12 0 Wyoming Avenue,
RECEIVES MONEY ON DEPOSIT
FROM COMPANIES AND INDIVID
UALS, AND RETURNS THE SAME
ON DEMAND wi mom' PREVI
OUS NOTICE, ALLOWING INTER
EST AT SIX PER CENT. PER AN
NUM, PAYABLE HALF YEARLY,
ON THE FIRST DAYS OF JANU
ARY AND JULY. A SAFE AND RE
LIABLE PLACE OF DEPOSIT FOR
LABORING MEN, MINERS, ME
CHANICS, AND MACHINISTS, AND
FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS
WELL. MONEY DEPOSITED ON
OR BEFORE THE TENTH WILL
DRAW INTEREST FROM THE
FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH. THIS
IS IN ALL RESPECTS A HOME IN
! STITUTION, AND ONE WHICH IS
NOW RECEIVING THE SAVED
EARNINGS OF THOUSANDS UPON
THOUSANDS OF SCRANTON MIN
ERS AND MECHANICS.
DIRECTORS ; JAMES BLAIR,
SANFORD GRANT, GEORGE FISH
ER, JAS. S. SLOCUM, J. 11. SUTPHIN,
C. P. MATTHEWS, DANIEL HOW
, ELI., A. E. HUNT, T. E. HUNT
JAMES BLAIR, PRESIDENT ; 0. C.
MOORE, CASHIER.
OPEN DAILY FROM NINE A. M.
UNTIL FOUR P. M., AND ON WED
NESDAY AND SATURDAY EVE
NINGS UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCE.
Feb. 12. 1874-
Oro .P.Lirnr,
B. L. BLAsEstra
TAYLOR'S FAMILY MEDICINES.
/*nth and Laurence! relieved in a short time by the
nee of Taylor's Celebrated OIL The treat Rheumatic
and Nenmligir Remedy. Tine medicine is note cure'
all, but if warranted to cure more,of the oils and Met°
which flesh is heir than any other mexPeine ever din.
covered. Give it a trial ; if you do not fled it so. it
costa you nothing. It may be need with tho utmoet
advantage for any kind of Pain, Lameness. Wounds or
Sores upon man or beast. Will not email the raweet
wound or sore. Full directions for use around cacb
,ottle. Ask your Merchant for a free vial. No Cure—
No Pay.
Taylor'. Cough Syrup or lix.pectorant, for all Throat
and Lung diseases. Is very picelant to the taste and
contains nothing Injurious. Try it, and atop that
cough and take the soreness from your Throat and
Lan je. Ask your Merchant for a free vial. No Care—
l.) Pus.
TayJors Conditi,n Powder), for all kinds of crock and
poultry. Warrantel the best renovator of the system
of run down or diseased stock. that has ever been dis
covered. Try them fur all aiseaee» incident to the
brute creation. Dlrertions for .use around each pack
age, Ito Ctirc—No Pay. ,
All the above medicmcs for sale by Abel Torten and
Burns & Nichols , . of Montrose. and all Druggists and
Dealers throughout the country.
uItoWNLNO TAYLOR.
• - im—al—lm.
Octobcr 21,'44.-1y
THE GREAT CAUSE OF HUMAN
MISERY. Just Pu Mishef/, in a healed
velope. Prize sisalats.
A Lecture on the Nature, Treatmant.and Radical cure
of Seminal Weakness, or Spermatorrhoaa, Induced by
Kell-A bone. Involuntary Emmleetone.lmpotenry,Nerv-
Otle Debility, and impediments to Marriage generally ;
Consumption, Epilepsy. and Fite- Mentat and Physi
cal Incapacity. ac.—By DOBERIJ. CULTEGWELL,
Al. D., author of the Green Book, c.
The world-renouned author. in this, admirable Lect
ure, clearly proves from his own experience that the
awful conecopencea of Self-Abuse may be effectually
removed without mediclne,and without dangerous sur
gical operations, boogies, Instruments, rings, or conll.
ale ; pointing out a mode of cure at once certain and
tlfectaal. by which every sufferer, no matter what his
condirton may be, may care himself cheaply. privately
nod radically.
lar - Thie Lecture will prove a boon to thousand..
Sent under real. In a plain envelope, to any address
poet paid, on receipt of six cent*, or twe post stamps.
Address the Publishers.
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Mon.e 313etter!
Iwrite policies in the following companies:
Franklin Fire 'insurance Cp.. FGT., asacte,Mloo,ooo
Continental, Y 4,1T3,000
Germania. ." I,IVALOD9
OVCr,
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cr.eane, London. " 10,001/.000
So "Tlamr,Catii"-...a1l National Board Companies,
and ace conisequenee, slatted and reliable, having long
been tried and always found 4orAy, as all. who have
met with losses, at my Ag ency, testify. Those who
Lave patronized me, will accept myaltunkli. did
those who have not, I can only ay, ("remise to CO by
them, If they will favor me with an application, as I
do by all, give them Insarance valet for their money.
Very Respeetnally. _
BEN NY C. TYLER.
Hartford Accident DanaILIICI) Company Policies wr
ten from one day to ono year by
HENEY C. TYLER
Join the Masonic Benefit Association at Scranton.
Apply to llENirr Ci f TYLER.
Montrose, DeCentlier 8,1874.-tf .
- GEO; A. VRINCE 67,`00.
ORGANS .1111) ELODEONS.
Th.p.pf.,,Lengeet, and Nest Perfect Nanufkinfori IP
the pitted i3tatee." . ;.
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54,000
No other Igueleal Itistriiment peer attained the same
Popularity.
tirSen d P z . -Pfleo4:*
itddreee ;puree:too'. N.
Binghamton BPsrblii t 4 5.701
All.!Ands of Monnteeitielleadatatlaa, Iltk*eble
Mantles, reader to order. A7eo. Beata Orenites
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Oct. Z. lea . . .
miscellaneous
MONTROSE, SUSQ'A COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAR,CII. 10, 1875.
stlect Noctrp.
A POEIDI
This poem was writtensby a Scotch woman,
Mrs. Janet Wood, on the occasion of the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher being appointed to deliv
er an oration, in New York, at the celebration
of the Burns' Centennial, January 25, 1859.
The fourth stanza is somewhat prophetic ; but
the third has been realized long before the time
that the poetess set.—Scottish. American.
I hear the task has fa'n to you,
To gie the Bard o' Ayr his duo
But use him weel—
He kept sweet charity in view,
E'en tor the Dell
Bis wee, sma' fauls ye needna tell—
Folks say ye're nee o'er guid yersel
But De'il may care ;
yere but half as guid as Rab,
• We'll ask nac malt.
Then dinna seek to find a flaw,
But o'er his lau'ts a mantle throw,
And leave the rest
To Him wha made and tried th' hem t
He kens the best.
A century hence, and wha can tell
What may befa your cannie sel'?
Some holy preacher
May tak' the cudgels up for ane
Ca'd Harry Beecher.
I mak' nac doubt ye'd like tae ken
Wha taks up the old quill pen
To write this rvme ;
The knowledge would be little worth—
I'm past my prime.
But when a lassie, young and lair,
l've wandered aft by bonnie Ayr,
Wi' heartsome glee,
Ere Fate's stern mandate sent me forth,
Far o'er the sea.
Still Scotia's hills, and Scotia's plains,
Her poets, and her poet's strains,
To me are dear
A desert spring within my heart
May claim a tear.
PASSING AWAY
BY CLURLES N. GREGORY
The years go by with silent tread
And some are distant, some are dead,
That once were dear;
And, as I sat alone to-night,
And sadly watched the fading light,
The dying year.
Full many a mem'ry of the tomb,
Of many a mad and merry time,
Of funeral-knell and wedding-chime,
Came gath'ring with the early gloom,
And faces long forgot were there,
And voices hushed forever spoke,
And recollections hard to bear
That twilight revery awoye(
These marks along the stream of years,
These strokes upon the tatal bell,
They are but monuments of grief and tears,
The chime is but a funeral knell ;
For griefs recalled are griefs renewed again :
And joys remembered—they are sadder
yet,
Oblivion brings alone her joys to men.
And happiness is only to forget.
THE ASCENSION
BY WILLIAM CI LLEN BRYANT
Good Shepherd, wilt thou leave
In this low vale the flock that was thy care
Alone to pine and grieve.
While through the purer air
Thou riseat up to fields forever fair?
They who, supremely blest,
Until the dawn of this unhappy day
Leaned on thy loving breast,
To whom on earth shall they
Hearken or look when thou art far away ?
What comeliness or grace
Can they whose eyes behold thy beauty see
Irk other form or face ?
What music will not be
Harsh to the ears that hearkened once to
thee ?
Who now upon the deep
Shall look, and curb its fury ? Who shall lay
The stormy winds asleep?
What lone•star's friendly ray,
When thine is hid, shit guide the vessel's
way?
Why change our happy stale,
o envious cloud, to helplessness and fear
How proud of their rich freight
Thy shining folds appear!
Flow blind and wretched thou dost leave us
here!
Jitlected ,Otoq.
WILKINS , COURTSHIP.
BY W. F. MC. NALLY
"I don't like pretty girls ; and I do
them justice, I have every reason to be
lieve they don't like me. Oue cannot
trust or confide in them, and f am begin
ning to lose that implicit faith which I
iormerly possessed in the perfect angelic
nature of pretty girls. Just consider ;
there was Kate Purcell, as pretty a girl
as need be, to whom I paid considerable
attention for two months—and what re
turn did the, deceitful creature make ?
She jilted me for another man for the
paltry reason that.he was better looking,
richer and more agreeable than myself.—
And what makes the mattes worse,
Sate
is not the only one who has served me in
the same may. No. I think I may safely
say that at least half a dozen nave coo
-1 ducted themselves in an equally barren
'
one manner towards me. Now what am
I to - do F i,
:.• I catinct ask Kate tq return those can
dies I gave her, neither can lirequest Ler
to return that theater . ticket (reserved
seat) which 1. • purchased. for her especial
gratsfitaticio. l'he fact , is-anil again I
repeat it—Trestrgirla area swindle 1 :' ,- -
Them remarke _ weere iAt tow friend
Pout, the other morning, as 'stood befOre
the glass
,engaged in passing a razor over
that' pail - elm:Trace where I wish there
was svhislter. - .• , .
"You are not far - out of the way, Wil
kinv,", returned 'Pout, •
-Nov Pont had bad a serious misunderl
standing with his. adorid Jennie,- which
threatened to be perminent, and probably
arould-hayis ,I3teep, but ,Pont, with his ue
pal tact in,suck ta4tteis, laid out two
months', income in the purchase of a post•
ly ring, which piece of jewelry he depos-
' , Stand by the Bight though the Heavens OW In
ited upon the table in my room, where' Pondir returned the salutation with a
he was sure that Jennie's brother—a grace comparable to nothing earthly.
friend of mine—would be sure to see it. • "Could Mr. Wilkins have the pleasure
And,sure enough he did see it,with Pott's of daccing the next set with Miss Pon—
name engraved upon it. dir ?"
Half an hour afterward, Pout receive' Miss Pondir, with a sweet smile—oh,
a note, in which Jennie acknowledgd such a smile ! —" was afraid that she was
herself in fault, and besought him wth engaged for the next set."
much beguiling eloquence to call. "The following set ?" suggested Mr.
He did call. Jennie wears • that rug Wilkins, in his snftest and most persua
to this day. But this reconciliation ad sive tone.
not take place until some time subsequdit "Her list," she said, was full ; but—she
to the morning when the remarks wth didn't know—perhaps—she might—
which this story opens were uttered. "Might what ?" gasped wilkins.
"What shall we do with oureelves,Pour "Might rub out the second name and
I continued as lie relapsed into silence.— insert the name of Mr. Wilkins, if he
"These are the holidays, and it is becon- really wished it very much."
ing that we do something. Now as he— Just then the dancers *ere called to
;ween us there is a pair of brothers, we the floor for a quadrille ; her partner for
are consequently shut out from the smi• the set approached ; she couldn't get the
ay of the better part of creation, (Medi pencil back to its place—what should she
so called, what say you if we get up semi de with it ?
kind of amusement—go hunting or flub. "Would Mr. Wilkins have the kindness .
jog ; where the ladies are not necessary tc keep it till the next set ?" And it
to our enjoyment?" pissed from those ruby lips to my hands.
Pout shook hie head ; but after a ma;
di
! Mr. Wilkins would cheerfully
ments hesitation he jumped from hie di anything in her service just then.
chair and exclaimed : - 'I danced with her every set after the
"I have it, Wilkins my boy I Let us gU quidnlle was over, and was by her side
and visit Capt. Bernard ; this is just th ' tetween the sets. I did my utmost to be
t i
season fur parties, and we are sure of , agreeable ; she met me more than half
good reception ; the girls will be deligh 'ay. and as she was on the point of de—
ed to welcome a couple of city men." i parting I accompanied her to the dour.—
The idea struck me favorably ; indeed; I took het hand she didebnot resent the
I wondered that I had not thought of Iberty.
before ; so, thrusting both my shirts an( "Good night, Mary," I ventured to say
and a half doze dickies into a carpet bag it a low tone of voice.
we hurried to the railway station. • "Good night, Mr. Wilkinson. I hope
As Pout had said, we were sure of i ion are not going to leave Roselle for
good reception, for aside from the fact d tome time. We shall see you again."
Capt. Bernard's having a heart as big to 1 I was intoxicated with delight. I re—
that of a whale, it had been my gcod foi- tered the ladies' drawing room with
tune, while the guest of the captain law.
rnin y heart overflowing with love and affec
i
suer,to be placed in a situation where, on for all mankind. I kissed Nelie ov—
by rushing into the middle of the road and over again. I almost dislocated
and grasping pretty little Nellie Bernard y shoulder receiving the congratulations
(the captain's niece) in my arms, and my friends. After having borne all
conveying her to the sidewalk out of track e jokes and jeers of Capt. Bernard
of a yoke of oxen at the immediate rough the next forenoon, I turned my
risk of gettingmy boots stuck is the eps toward the residence of Miele Pondir
, uud, I gained the reputation of beings ith a palpitating heart I rang the bell.
ero, and from that time it has been i iary herself answered the summons,
:•ttled thing that I saved the lady's life boking still more charming than on the
1 don't think so myself. It is my firm preceeding evening.
conviction that she would have reached r Seated on the sofa by her side, I for a
place of safety quite as soon, if not soon-, mile talked of the dance and the people
ero had I left her alone altogether. I pesent, but, having exhausted that sub—
In due course of time we reached ou jot 1 gradually gave the conversation a
destination, were received with the hear 8 timental turn. I gave her at length
ty weloome which we had anticipated,an m views on "love at first sight," and ex•
kissed all the females of the family twice p seed my conviction that she was my
apiece, and Nellie no end of times ; for, tr e love, to which she assented. I grew
in consideration of the life saving affair, m re sentimental still, until I felt sure
I was supposed to stand somewhat in the ah understood me, when, with all the
relationship of step father in-law to her. el uence of which I am capable, I told
We then proceeded to inquire among he that in her hands I placed my desti
the
Misses Bernard as to the prospect Iny that love like mine did not require
ahead for a frol.c, and never were sincere .a I gth of time to ripen ; that I could
and earnest pleasure seekers more success-knot e love her more if I knew her a hun
years ; and wound up by declaring
al if she refused my hopes "life would
a burden to me."
, he heard me through in silence, and
ith an attention which filled me with
Bight, though I didn't like the mische
bus smile that came and went as I pro.
ceded.
"Do you really think you could marry
plain country girl ?" she asked after a
aoment's pause.
I protested that nothing could induce
to to marry any other than a country
irl.
j "But," presisteB Mary, "you would be
p mortified to hear your friends say your
vile was rather pretty, but very verdant,
nd that there were traces of hay seed in
ier tresses."
"Mary !" I gasped.
" Besides, you know, I look like your
grandmother ; the old lady might die
like me on that account, and I should eel
ways be jealous of her." Here she burst
in a peal of laughter. "And, more than
I all, I have determined never to marry a
' man that I do not love—and I don't love
,you—and I don't think I ever contd."
The heartless creature renewed her ab
surd merriment. My first impulse was
to rush from the house—l say that was
I my first impulse—and I obeyed it.
There was to be a dance that evening ti
in the Town Hall, and the girls were so
glad we had come, for there were not half
enough gentlemen.
The rest of the day was spent in drink
mg hard cider, and cracking butter-nuts,
and listening to Captain Bernard's sea
yarns.
As the great and glorious orb of day
went down, we proceeded, in company
with the young ladies and a pair of woolly
sheepish looking horses, in the direction
of the Town Hall.
The building was magnificently ilia- !
minated, tallow candles flared and smoked l
Wherever by any possibility one could be •
placed ; Christmas holly, arranged in 1
many an ingenious device, decorated the
walls. In and out of the ladies' draw
ing room skipped and giggled and flut
tered no end of rosy chi:eked damsel: ;
"in gorgeous array," with cotton mita
hair nicely smoothed and plaited, whit
elaborate "beau catchers" were curled i -
bewitching sinuosity around their fai
foreheads. Thu arrangements for the
music were on the most liberar scale,their ,
was a fiddle, a big fiddle, and a bigge'
fiddle, oeside a clarionet, and horn, and,a
•tight' gentleman with a string of sleigi
bells to "come iu on a promenade orb'
balance," but which he somehow malt-,
aged to gingle at the wrong time.
Having danced the first set with tle ,
Misses Bernard, we were forced to deliver' ,
up these young ladies to the care of tie
gentlemen to whom they were affianced,
arid, not caring to dance until we bad
looked about as for awhile, we lounged
about the door of the ladies' drawing
room. After gazing at the dancers ft
nome time,' espied Nellie flitting in a ow
ner of the room, and, walking over to her
said, in what I supposed to be an niecor
monly listless and unconcerned marine
"Nellie, I want you to introduee me o
a certain lady when this net comes off t e
floor."
"Ah ! I thought you did not wish En
know any one ? I had a fancy that y
could hardly pass the evening with t
seeing some one to tempt you. Is
very pretty ?"
"Oh, no, no ! Nothing of that kin "
I said horridly. "I merely though I
would like to know her because she -
sembles some one of my acquaintane "
"Your lady-love, perhaps ?" she
turned.
"Pahaw ! Don't be absurd, Nellie ft
was only a passing whim of mine to e
an introductio.i because she looks so e
thing like—like—my grandmother, t Vs
all!'
"Like its grandmother, indeed !".1111 - -
ed Nellie. "What a taste it has, t be
sure ! But where is the damsel ?"
• "There—there she is ; whitd dress,iind
black hair." i
"Ah! all! So she looks like your griad
mother, does she ? But if I must I mast,
though I foresee that it will be obi
worse for your heart."
"No, not now; wait till those on-,
rounded fellows leave her more at li rty.'
But who is she?. What is her name p"
"There, there! I'll tell yea, all
M out:
a l
her, r. Wilkins : her name is , : fury
Poodle ; her father' is a farmer.; stie is
an only daughter, and I - believe she is not
etigagediAtiough mugh.sought:lifter.'s
"Qbi yes, do I perceive,' - I r esla -country
belle, rather . pretty and , rather verdant.--
But come—those - fellows have: gone at
- ,
Taking Nelhes arrn,-we approached the
yenn: s lady' in question. I ..confess to .a
tremulous feeling - as we
,stood before her,
snob as I had not experienced since I was
aboy._ ••. •_
"MissPondir, shall I_ make, you 'w4:•-•
linainted with Mr. Wilkins ?" snid
and in tipother instant she was skipping
across the roonito her seat. .
Mr. Wilkins bowed profoundly,:' Wits
James Hanna% Encounter With the
Last Wolf of the Plains.
In the early part of this country, or
abont sixty years ago, the fertile land of
this valley which yield such abundant
harvests, and where is now situated the
towns of Waverly and its ambituous rival
Sayre,was cdert d with a dense forest of
pine. This forest upon the Plane and
upon the surrounding mountains, were
the covert foi deer andother game. In
these forests also the cry of the catamount
and the howl of gray wolf were familiar
sounds that none but the experiences
need heed hunt, James Hanna could hear
them without a shudder. Listening at
night to these fearful cries and howls,
mothers and children gathered in trem—
bling oircles at the fireside and waiting
in agony the return of their husband and
protector. But gradually' as the settlers
cleared away the forest,these dreaded and
destructive animals, like the natives of
the country, fell back, or were destroyed
until now not one remains in the East
ern or Middle Stites, except a few in
Northern New York. It was found al—
most impossible to keep sheep in the
sparse settlements; and bounties were
offered of ten and twenty dollars a head
for these destructive animals.
In this valley the wolf bound a foimid
able antagonist in the hunter, James
Hanna, whose exploits in those days
equalled anything we ever read,of the aa
ventures of hunters and trappers in the
Territories, except that• James Hanna
bad no stain of human gore upon his
garments, and his trusty rifle was never
used in wanton destruction of even ani
mal life, but otily to secure bread for his
family, or to rid the settlement of no:E•
ions birds and ravenous beasts.
.About fifty years ago, and some time
after the disappearance of the wolves
from the valley, it was rumored that one
bold fellow ,had returned and wascom
mating ravages among the sheep-fold.--
was winter and the settlers had gath
ered their, lionise near their' homes, yet
night alter night some fold was invaded'
by the hungry and fearleaa. wolf, and it
;was finally determined to ralloy a force of
men, and dogs and slay the savage brute.
limes Hanna was requested to.join.the
,party -but declinedr for : James had a
way of his own and.:did not .apprOve of
bunting in packs like wolves..
large.,-number-"of mew and dogs,
however, set out-open. a ..cold December
_morning.' They had moaned that the
wolf had his liar m a at a spot
~; x~: _
quite near wbere Mr. Timothy Hirene, or
the street leading from Waverly to Sayre,
the only dwelling in the vicinity at the
time being that of Mr. H. Murray. The
party soon had their doge upon the track
of the wolf, and the whole day was spent
in the pursuit, At night the party re•
turned from their fruitless pursuit, weary
and hungry, leaving uninjured, far away
upon the mountains, while almost every
dog bore the marks of the terrible fangs
of the wolf. The next morning it was
ascertained that the wolf undaunted by
the persistent chase, had returned the
same night, made a supper upon a fat
weather, and slept in hie fair as if noth •
ing had occured to dispute his possession.
The dogs used the previous day, had
been so roughly handled, that but few of
them could be rulied for a second trial.—
A supply of. fresh doge however were
found and atiothl+r day's bunt was had
with no better result, for the wolf, al-
though driven miles away, was Lack to
his lair the same night, making his sup
per this time, at the expense of his near ;
est neighbor, Mr. Murray. • A third day
with fresh dogs proved equally fruitless
and disasterous ; and in three days hunt
the wolf had placed at least twenty dogs
hors die combat, eluded the segacity of
twenty men, and remained 'Baste.; of the
situation. It was not until now, when
the combined efforts of so many settlers
had proved a failure, that James Hanna
•
thought it worth his while to take a hand
in the hunt ; now, when men and dogs
were out of the way and he could go
about it in his own way.
Hanna then possessed and still retains
in his advanced years a genuine profes
sional pride. He did not believe in tak
ing any mean advantage even of a wolf
and was waiting to• meet his enemy on
tolorably even footing, always making it
certain, however, that his two trained
dogs guided by his greet experience should
win the battle. Accordingly calling to
his assistance two trusty friends and
with his two dogs, whose power and se—
gacity he had often tried, he was at the
lair of the wolf at early dawn. An inch
of snow had fallen during the night,
which covered the ,tracks made the pre—
vious day, rendered it easy to trace the
formidable enemy they were soon to en—
counter. On examineing the lair, it was
ascertained that the wolf had only left as
they ci.me up. Hanna slipped the leash
from his dogs and in a moment, he heard
the jaws of the wolf snap like the clos
ing of a bear-trap. Alternate growls and
snaps and yelps ! One of the dogs receiv
ed a terrible wound and retreated. On
coming up, Hanna found the other dog
had closed upon the monster and had
him fast by the cheek. The rapid move--
met of the animal, whirling among the
young bush-pines, rendered the use of
the rifle impossible without endangering
the dog. The wounded dog could not
be induced just then to enter the fight.—
The wolf being unable to get his jaws
upon his adroit antagonist,suddenly gath
ered his feet under him for a mighty ef—
fort and rising suddenly threw the dog
ten feet in , the air and instantly was hid
den from Hanna in the brush. The dog
however soon closed upon him and this
time caught him by the ham. Another
scene of rapid whirlings ensued and an—
other break. By no effort was Hanna
enabled to get a snot. Again the dog
had him by the nam, and fortunately in
an open space. The wounded dog now
joined in the fray. With that instinct
which teaches animals the vital part of '
the body, both dogs fastened their jaws
upon his throat. Hanna Seeing his op—
pertunity, aimed his rifle to give the brute
the charge ; but in dire emergency, that
rifle,that had never before failed the hunt
er, failed.him now ! A loaded rifle is not
a sale weapon to use as a club in a melee
like this, even were there not other con—
siderations such as injury to so precious
a thing as a rifle, tried and trusted.
In such moments, thought as quick, as
in the act of dreaming, close at hand
stood hard•pine sapling—a girdle —a snap
—a few dexterous strokes of the hunters
knife, and a formidable weapon is ready.
Crash came the blow upon the head of
the wolf. Instantly the powerful muscles
of the lime and body relaxed. The wolf
lay prone and helpless. The knife is
thrust as near the juglar as the jaws of
the dogs would permit. The dogs now
drawn off, lay quivering and panting.—
In this moment of triumph,the vigilance
of the mac rehired, but not that of the
dogs. The wolf recovering from the
shock given by the club, once more gath
ered all his force and with one mighty
end sprang away from his foes. It was
a fruitless effort; not one instant had the
dogs turned their eyes from the brute,
and were again upon him long before
their master and his assistants could col
lect their energies.
Then for the first time the animal gave
forth that cull by which his fellows are
summoned in case of distress. No fel-1
low, however was Within hearing of that
cry. Like some Indian who seeks his
early hunting and camping ground, this
old wolf had returned alone, to the scenes
of his younger days. Formerly, that cry
which might have been heard a mile or
more, would have assembled a multitude
of his fellows. Hanna had known - the
time it would have been unsafe to remain
long in the locality of that cry of distress
Now however, there was nothing to fear.
This time, the knife did its work effect
ively and the lifeless body of the last wolf,
of the Planes, lay at the feet of the hun
ter, white men and dogs and the snow for
a wide space around were crimsoned with
his blood.
At the place where this memorable
contest occured, we may no longer, hear
the howl of the wolf, but instead, of that
the Pan-like screech and bellow of a hun
dred engines. while sixty years ago, if
henrd i n ailf quiet valley, would have
frightened, notnnly wolvea,. but even set
tlers out of the valley. Upon or near, the,
spot of that wolf's lair, now stands an ele
gant dwelling. There are not many Bur
vivors among that hardy race of men' who
leveled the forests of , this valley,- yet two
of the three men, engaged in to .aaven-,
tore we have related, still survive vigor-,
pus, hearty,. venerable ani venerated men.
Under faverahle cireumarancei,-'James'
Hanna might have become as celebrated'
as 4useph4efferson or:John Owens. Novi
at the age of 76 years, he betrayil , lragie
aril comic way, which renders the narra
the of his adventures as interesting as en
acted, drama. • •
What is better than a promising young
man? A paying one.
EWES
TERMS :—Two Dollars Per Year in Advance.
ffitbut Igattvg.
SATURDAY EVENING
DT Butwsn.
The week is past, the Sabbath dawn comes
Rest—rest in peace—thy toll is - done ;
And, standing as thou stantiestron the brink
Of a new scene of being, calmly think
Of what is gone, is now, and soon shall be,
As one that trembles in eternity.
For such as this now closing week Is past,
So much advancing time will close my last,
Such as to-morrow shall the awftil light
Of the eternal momtail my sight.
Spirit of good i on this week's verge I stand,
Tracing Ma guiding influence of thy hand . ;
That hand which leads me gently, calmly
still,
Up life's dark, stony, tiresome, thorny hill,
Thou, thou, in every storm had 'sheltered
Beneath the wings of thy benignity; .
A thousand graves my footsteps circuit vent,
And I exist—thy mercy's monument
A thousand writhe upon the bed of pain,
I live, and pleasure flows through every
vein ;
Want o'er a thousand wretches waves her
wand
I encircled by ten thousand mercies stand.
How can I praise thee, Father ? how express
My debt of reverence and thankfulness?
A debt that no Intelligence Cab count,
While every moment swells the vast amount
For a week's duties ' thou bast given me
strength,
And brought ma to its peaceful close at
length
And here my grateful bosom vam would
A fresh memorial to thy glorious praise.
THE MONEYLESS MAN
Is there no place on the face of the earth
Where charity dwelleth, where virtue has
birth,
Where bosoms in kindness and mercy will
heave,
And the poor and the wretched shah ask and
receive ?
Is there no place on earth where a knock
from the poor
Will bring a kind angel to open the door ?
Al ! search the wild world wherever you
There is no open door for the moneylees
man.
Go look in the hall where the chandelier
light
Drives off in its splendor the darkne es at
night ;
Where the rich, hanging velvet, In shadowy
fold
Sweeps gracefully down, with Its trimming;
of gold,
And mirrors of silver take up and renew
In long lighted vistas the wildering view ;
Go there in your patches, and find if you
can
A welcoming smile for the moneyless man
Go look in your church of the cloud reach
ing spire,
Which gives back to the sun his same look of
tire,
Where the arches and colums are gorgeous
within,
And the walls seem as pure as a soul withou
sin;
Go down the aisle—see the rich and the great
In the pomp and the pride of their worldly
estate,
Walk down in your patches, and find if you
can,
Who opens a pew for the moneyless man
Go look to your judges,in dark flowing gown
With the scales wherein law weigheth quiet
ly down;
Where he frowns on the weak and smiles on
the strong,
And punishes right while he justifies wrong ;
Where jurors their lips on the Bible have
laid,
To render a verdict they've already made ;
Go there in the court room, and find LI you
can,
Any law toe the case of the moneykss man.
Go look in the banks where Mammon has
laid
His hundreds and thousands of sliver and
gold,
Where, safe from the hands of the starving
and poor,
Lies pile upon pile of the glittering ore ;
Walk up the counter—ab, there you may
stay,
Till your limbs have grown old and your
hair turns gray,
And you'll find at the bank not one of the
clan
With money to lend to a moneylesa man
Then go to your hovel—no raven, has fed
The wife who has suffered so lung for her
bread ;
Kneel down by her pallet and kiss the death
frost
From the Bps of the angel your poverty
loot—
Then turn In your agony upward to God,
And bless while It goalies you, the chasten
gig rod ;
And you'll find at the end of your 11We little
span,
Titexo's a welcome nboye for tho moneyleas
Want
lime palling.
JOBEPSINE
We do not know of any event in history
that Is pi) afleOting or so Dill of pathos as the
divorce of the 'Empress'Josephine
The Emperor Napoleon L (the Great Emper
ft*, weary; of inceesant, wars. , thought if. he
could form a marriage alliance with some, one
of the royal families of ;Europe, he might put
an end ix) theie Conflicts and perpetuate the or:
der of thing::: established' in Vnince. ;Fel" , 'is
long time to dreaded to 'speak upon the subjec'
tol Josephine; who' ; beentne .‘aware of her
impending doom, and was Aver:di:timed with
glot, „At hud: the fatal .hOur came wliffn
coverer nas r to mOie, the , dreadful announce
ment to the ernpress: It: was the palace of
'FontaintleaU, thO t lest •day of November, =lBOO
Dark clouds obonreidi the sky, and a • freezing
w4itrY.wind moaned through diem:rem of the
cgatl4,.,Tpe eiriperer and cares? tiro! • 41000. ..
Neitherhadthe heart. to speak a word. ' As the
attendinitieettred at the close of, {he repeat,ai
Which It tvtir. that''Could it' it
w
mouthful, the emperor, - end trembling,
took rho hand, a Josephine and, said : • .
E!!=E
. .
"My own dear •Josephine, you know how I
loved you. It is to you alone that I owe the
few moments of happiness I have known in
the world. Josephine, my destiny is stronger
than my will. My dearest affections must
yield to the welfare of France."
..'he dreadful blow prostrated the empress,
and; she fell fainting to the floor. The Count
de Beaumont was called, and, by the ald of the
emperor, Josephine was borne, apparently Wa
lesa, to her apartment.
Queen Efortense (her daughter) was summon
ed. She said reproachfully to the emperor:
"My mother will descend from the throne IN
she ascended it,in obedience to your will. Her
children, content to renounce grandeun3 which
have not made them happy, will gladly go and
devote their lives to comforting the best and
most aillsetionate of mothers."
The emperor sat down and wept bitterly.—
Then raising his eyes, flooded with tears, he
said to Hortense, whom he loved with parental
fondness:
"Do not leave me, Hortense. Stay by me
with Zugeoe. Help me to console your moth
er, and render her calm, resigned, and even
happy, in remaining my friend while she ceases
to be my wife."
Eugene (Josephine's son) soon came from Itr
aly. He immediately repaired to his mother's
apartment, and, clasping her in his arms, they
wept In mutual anguish. He then entered the
cabinet of the emperor, and recoiling from the
cordial embrace with which the emperor would
have greeted him, said :
"Sire, permit me to withdraw from your ser
vice."
"What I" said the emperor sadly and • with
deep emotion, "will you, my adopted son, for
sake ma?"
"Yes, sire," Eugene firmly replied. "The
eon of her who is no longer empress cannot re
main Viceroy of Italy. I will follow my moth•
er into her retreat. She mast now find her
consolation in her children"
The emperor was deeply .moved. Tears till
ed his eyes
"You know," said hc, "the stern necessity
which compels this measure. Will you forsake
me? Who, then, should I have a son, the oh•
ject of my desires and the preserver of my In
terests, who will watch over the child when I
am absent? If I die, who will prove to hlm s
father 1"
They both then retired to the garden, and
arm in arm, for a long time walked up and
down one of its avenues engaged in earnest
conversation. The noble Josephine, with a
mother's love, could not forget the interests of
her children. She urged Eugene to remain
faithful to the emperor.
"The emperor," she said, "is your benefactor,
Eugene; your more than father. To him you
are indebted for everything. To him, therefore
you owe boundless obedience."
A fortnight passed, and the day arrived for
the consummation of this cruel sacrifice. It
was the 15th of December. Ail the members
of the imperial family were assembled in the
grand saloon ot the Tuileries. An extreme •
paleness overspread the face of the emperor.
In his brief address to the assembled dignitar
ries, he said :
"The political interests of my monarchy,and
the wishes of my people, require that I should
transmit to an heir, inheriting my love for the
people, the throne on which Providence his
placed me. It is this consideration alone which
induces me to sacrifice the dearest affections of
my heart, to consult only the good of my sub•
Deets, and to desire the dissolution of our mar
riage. diod only knows bow much such a de•
termination has cost my heart. But there is
no sacrifice too great for my courage when it is
.proved to be for the interests of France. Far
from having any cause of complaint, I have
nothing to say but in praise of the attachment
and tenderness of my beloved wife. She hat
embelished fifteen years of my life, and the re•
membrance of them will be forever engraven
on my heart. Let her never doubt my affection
or regard me but as her best and dearest
friend."
Josephine then endeavored to read her con
sent to the divorce. But tears blinded her eyes
and sobbings choked her voice. Sinking into a
chair, and handing the paper to Mr. Reynand,
she buried her lace in her handkerchief, and re
mained in that position while it was read
aloud.
Napoleon then embraced Josephine, and led
her, almost fainting, to her apartment, where
he left her alone with her children. The next
day the Senate met to sanction the divorce.—
The' emperor, careworn, wretched, pale en
statute, leaned against a pillar. A low hum of
mournful voices alone disturbed the gloomy si
lence of the room. There was a table in the •
centre of the apartment, on which there was a • .
writing apparatus of gold. Josephine entered
leaning upon the arm of Hortense. Her face
was as pale as the muslin dress she wore. The
daughter, not possessing the fortitude of the
mother, was sobbing aloud. The whole assem
bly rose. Tears blinded nearly all eyes. • Jose.
phine sat down, and, leaning her pallid fore
head upon her hand, listened to the reading of.
the act of separation. Eugene and Hortense
stood by the Bide of their mother, the daughter
weening convulsively. •
Josephine, as the reading was finished, for a
moment pressed her handkerchief to her eyes,
and then, rising, in clear, but tremulous tones,
pronounced the oath of acceptance. She then
sat down, and, taking the pen, signed the deed
which sundered the dearest ties which_ can be
formed on earth.
Eugene fell fainting to thelloor. Hid Mani.'
mate form was borne out of the room by the
attendants. Josephine retired with her Baugh
ter. Night came. The emperor, utterly..,
wretched, bad just placed himself in the bed ,
from which he had ejected his faithful wife,
when the door was slowly opened, and Jose
phine tremblingly entered.
Her eyes were swollen and her hair and dress
' dis Ordered. - seemed scarcely eonseleuifi.
I what she was doing, as with hesitating, totter.
i lag steps she approsoleal, the tied. Then, la a
delirium of grief,. all the pent up love of her
heart burst , lords, and ehe, threw herself upon
if it ir'ned, *clasped therm& of the emperor In her
farms, and evlalined, "Aft busba. ti' my, bus
hand !" while sobbing ; though- her - heart
would break.. -
Napoleon also wept convelsively. Ho folded
-Josephine in his arms, and assured iterof his ,
undying love. For mime time they remained la
melt otheri embrace, while mutual words of
tettdeniesi were interchanged. The ratet-de.'
thanibreisvho thus far bail been .present.,..were
dismissed, and fur an - hour the emperor and
empress contianed in their last , private . Inter-.
Josephine then . departed forever from the
husband'wheal she had se long and tenderly
toyed. They remained the best of friends until '
thcideath.of the empress. And one of the last .
words of the emperor, as he was dying* tit.
Helena, Ins "Joe ephine," .
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